Order: Apodiformes | Family: Trochilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Huembo, Amazonas
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Huembo, Amazonas
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Huembo, Amazonas
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Huembo, Amazonas
Status: The Andean Emerald is fairly common in scrub and other dry habitats along the Marañon Drainage at elevations ranging between 400-2750 m. It also occurs in semi-humid habitats in extreme northwest Peru in Tumbes and in Co and Ec.
Name in Spanish: Colibrí Andino.
Sub-species: Andean Emerald (Uranomitra franciae viridiceps), Gould, 1860. SW Colombia (Nariño) and W Ecuador and NW Peru in Tumbes.
(Uranomitra franciae cyanocollis), Gould, 1853. Andes of SE Ecuador (Zamora-Chinchipe) and N Peru (Marañón Valley S to E La Libertad).
Meaning of Name: Uranomitra: Gr. Ouranos= heaven, sky; mitra= diadem, head-band. franciae: In honor of Francia Bourcier daughter of French diplomat and trochilidist Claude-Marie Jules Bourcier.
Formerly known as Amazilia franciae (2019.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 08/01/2015.